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Here is a list of the Top-100 Female Athletes from the years 1900-2000, compiled in 2000 by the team at Sports Illustrated. The athletes were selected by Sports Illustrated For Women, Sports Illustrated and CNN/SI editors, writers and correspondents who considered the athletes' on-field performance and achievements plus the athlete's contribution to women's sports.
Apr 30, 2024 · Widely considered the greatest female athlete of the 20th century, Zaharias competed, and excelled, in a number of sports. She set four world records and won three medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics when she was just 21 years old.
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May 2, 2024 · In December 1999, Graf was named the greatest female tennis player of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by the Associated Press. Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the best female player of the 20th century.
Dec 6, 2021 · Meet Babe Didrikson, The ‘Texas Tornado’ Who Took The Sports World By Storm. By Genevieve Carlton | Edited By John Kuroski. Published December 6, 2021. Babe Didrikson won medals at the Olympics, dominated professional golf, and excelled at track and field, basketball, tennis, baseball, cycling, swimming, and boxing.
Aug 1, 2012 · Dod and Didrikson Zaharias share the Guinness World Record for “Most Versatile Female Athlete,” and their athletic accomplishments are truly astonishing. Lottie Dod (1871 – 1960) Early...
Jun 26, 2011 · Zaharias passed away on September 27, 1956. Recognized as one of the greatest athletes of her time, either male or female, Zaharias was ranked 10th on ESPN’s Sports Century list of the top 50 North American athletes of the 20th Century and was the highest ranking female athlete on the list.
